BANAL
(adj.) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons", "his remarks were trite and commonplace", "hackneyed phrases", "a stock answer", "repeating threadbare jokes", "parroting some timeworn axiom", "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
synonyms : trite , tired , timeworn , threadbare , stock , shopworn , old-hat , hackneyed , commonplace , well-wornthe article she came up with had no matter to it- just banal stuff. -added by diviya_inlas
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(Tag: Global) Divide it like -- ban + al(ban all people); you ban all those people from your group, if they are repeating the same activity again and again.
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Mnemonics for banal
(Tag: hindi) abey nal to roz hi kholte hain...
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(Tag: English) SPLIT INTO ba-nal ba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN TO MEET & NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR WOMEN TO MEET.
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(Tag: ) 'ban + al' --> 'ban all' those directors whose movies are 'banal' (the same old story lines are repeated ; (another meaning) dull and unoriginal(dubbed))
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(Tag: ) When u r in severe depression u will lock urself in ur room BANNING ALL people for a while as u need some privacy
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(Tag: ) banal sounds like GUNAL(a tamil movie actor).So his death has been shown on TV for many days(repeated too often).
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(Tag: english) Banal = I would like to BAN-ALL banal words because they are dull and overused.
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(Tag: ) banal => bakwaas(hindi) not always, means being a waste as it's overrepeated.
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(Tag: ) ca be taken as a short from for Boring And Not originAL....
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(Tag: ) banal: beh nal. behta hua nal is a vey munadane affair
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